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    DMV Personalized License Plates

    Metadata Updated: May 7, 2025

    April 1, 2025: data feeds from DMV are currently offline while the agency works to migrate reporting systems. The most recent data available is from December 2024. Open Data DC is working with DMV to restore data feeds as soon as possible.DC DMV offers 3 types of personalized vehicle tags:Standard (for automobiles): May contain up to 7 letters, the numbers 1 through 9, and/or spacesMotorcycle: May contain up to 5 letters, the numbers 1 through 9, and/or spacesDisability: May contain up to 5 letters, the numbers 1 through 9, and/or spacesNo punctuation or symbols are permitted on DC DMV personalized tags. DC DMV reserves the right to reject any combination of letters or numbers that may be deemed offensive. Please review your personalized tag order. Once you accept this order, you cannot change or cancel it. A non-refundable reservation fee of $100 is due when the order is placed. A personalized tag request may take up to 8 weeks to fulfill. You will receive a letter in the mail when your personalized tag is available for pick-up. DC DMV will email you if you have provided your email address.You—if you are the registered owner of the vehicle—can request personalized tags online, by mail, or in person. NOTE: Per District law, personalized tags cannot be issued to vehicles registered to business or government entities.

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    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. Non-Federal: This dataset is covered by different Terms of Use than Data.gov. License: Creative Commons Attribution

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    Dates

    Metadata Created Date August 6, 2024
    Metadata Updated Date May 7, 2025

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from DC data

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    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date August 6, 2024
    Metadata Updated Date May 7, 2025
    Publisher D.C. Office of the Chief Technology Officer
    Maintainer
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    Data First Published 2024-08-02T20:44:21.000Z
    Data Last Modified 2025-04-01T13:41:03.000Z
    Category geospatial
    Public Access Level public
    Metadata Context https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.jsonld
    Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
    Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
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    Harvest Source Id b05f955a-65d6-4288-9558-15a5ebc74e36
    Harvest Source Title DC data
    Homepage URL https://opendata.dc.gov/datasets/DCGIS::dmv-personalized-license-plates
    License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
    Metadata Type geospatial
    Old Spatial -77.1199,38.7915,-76.9090,38.9960
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash 4b0d2038e56ac7438e264553a4442fb41190e459ce92c7e2d4b5acebad4c44f1
    Source Schema Version 1.1
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